Man took hammer to August riot

Monique PrestonKalgoorlie Miner

Monday, 6 February 2017 5:05PM

A man who took a hammer and a block of wood to last year’s Kalgoorlie riot has been jailed for 15 months for a swag of offences.

Dallas Levi Donaldson, 25, pleaded guilty in Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court to carrying an article with the intent to cause fear, aggravated common assault, stealing, two counts of drink-driving, having no authority to drive, two breaches of a community-based order, breach of bail, and providing false or misleading details.

He was also re-sentenced on two counts of drink-driving and two of driving without a licence, and for breaching an earlier community-based order under which he only did 25 of the 80 hours community work he was given.

Police prosecutor Senior Constable Kirsten Addiscott told the court police were alerted to Donaldson carrying a hammer and a block of wood under his shirt as he walked from St Barbara’s Square along Hannan Street as a large crowd was gathering there on August 30.

When questioned by police about them, Donaldson said he “found these items”, Sen. Const. Addiscott said.

She also told the court Donaldson assaulted his partner at Wongatha Wonganarra Village at Laverton on December 24.

Sen. Const. Addiscott said Donaldson scratched the woman’s arm and ripped her shirt when she was trying to park a vehicle.

The court heard Donaldson was caught drink-driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.169 at Coolgardie on June 23, and 0.109 at Laverton on October 5. He also did not have a licence on both occasions, and in Laverton gave police a false name and date of birth.

Sen. Const. Addiscott also told the court Donaldson stole a $10 bottle of wine, which he put down his trouser leg, from Liquorland in Kalgoorlie on July 16, and failed to appear in court in Blackstone on December 14.

The earlier charges which led to Donaldson being put on a community-based order related to unlicensed driving and drink-driving charges in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in August, 2015, when he recorded a blood alcohol content of 0.263 and December, 2015, when he blew 0.240.

“He accepts that in the environment, at that time, it would cause fear,” his lawyer Leneva Polmear said.

Donaldson was sentenced to a total of 15 months in prison, with eight of his charges drawing either cumulative or concurrent jail terms.

Donaldson was also fined a total of $4600 for seven charges, including $500 for carrying the hammer and wood at the riot, and has also lost his driver’s licence for life.